#55C4F8#55C4F8

#55C4F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.125 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4F8
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 248)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -15.98, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 38.43, 245.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0769 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.125 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4228, 48.1841, 95.9589)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4F8 #F88955

analogous

#55F8DA #55C4F8 #5573F8

triadic

#55C4F8 #F855C4 #C4F855

tetradic

#55C4F8 #DA55F8 #F88955 #73F855

square

#55C4F8 #DA55F8 #F88955 #73F855

split-complementary

#55C4F8 #F85573 #F8DA55

monochromatic

#088CCA #1AB0F6 #55C4F8 #90D8FA #CBEDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C4F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#55C4F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4F8

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4F8	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.125 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d5fa',
    500: '#55c4f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4f8;
$custom-light: #95d5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7771,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4F8

secondary

#F0CAB9

accent

#4900E6

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFF

border

#CCD3D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4F8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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